Example sentences of "[vb infin] [that] [pron] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Most researchers start from the assumption that it is morally wrong to conduct research on people who do not know that they are being studied , and will therefore tell them at least that they are writing a book , even if they are not wholly frank about what the book is going to be about . |
| 2 | Did the children know that they were being studied , and did the teachers know that they were taking part in such an experiment ? |
| 3 | Did the pupils know that they were being studied , did the teachers know that they were being studied and did the teachers know that they were taking part in an educational experiment ? |
| 4 | Did the pupils know that they were being studied , did the teachers know that they were being studied and did the teachers know that they were taking part in an educational experiment ? |
| 5 | Just to avoid confusion , the slave machine pops up a small banner at the top of the screen to let you know that it is being controlled from the other machine . |
| 6 | ‘ You 've tackled it head on by letting the main character know that he is being written about . |
| 7 | Any increase in C leads to an equal decrease in T , ie. if the superior retains more ‘ control ’ or authority , the subordinate will immediately recognise that he is being trusted less . |
| 8 | Unschooled children , if the evidence does demonstrate that they are being less explicit , may in fact be taking it for granted that the questioner can see what is being referred to so that there is no apparent need to be explicit . |
| 9 | Huge issue th th the Scottish Opera and the cultural organizations do n't , do n't think that I 'm being very left-wing when I made my points Peter . |
| 10 | We may feel that we are being neurotic if we have a bad self-image , vain if we have a good one , or trivial to care at all . |
| 11 | Girls in school uniform , women in hospital nightgowns , mothers struggling with poverty , who have no time or money to spend on their appearance , can feel that they are being depersonalized . |
| 12 | Existing customers may feel that they are being unfairly barred from a cut price deal , but there are often good reasons for this . |
| 13 | She then had to visualize walking slowly towards them , knowing that she could stop whenever she wanted to so that she did not feel that she was being compelled to go near these birds . |
| 14 | You see this is the thing that worries me because , you know , when I stand up and say I like what John Dreyfus did and I think his looks very good and I maintain the traditions of the Oxford University Press , I can suddenly feel that I 'm being typecast as being in the English tradition of typography as a revered art and the Morrisonian thing and the whole thing separate from , you know , a culture within a culture and a separate thing . |
| 15 | Er , I vividly remember my , my wedding day , and the bit I remember most is actually waiting to go into church with my father , and I remember being particularly moved at that time thinking that that was the end of one era and about to become part of another and I did n't feel that I was being owned somebody and about to be owned by anyone else in the slightest ! |
| 16 | The dryness in his voice made me feel that I was being very naive . |
| 17 | The young child will feel that he is being pushed out of the way to make room for someone much more important . |
| 18 | The region or local office may feel that it is being dictated to by a central office that has no understanding of local needs and conditions . |
| 19 | The iconography necessarily shows rather small numbers of dancers ; generally the seals and rings only allow space for three or four figures , but we should assume that we are being shown only the nucleus of a larger religious ceremony . |
| 20 | Anyone reading this today could well assume that they were being given a description of a military event , but the date was in fact 1950 and I was about to start my secondary education . |
| 21 | And if you happen to see him sitting in front of the television , dressed in a plain white vest rather than one of his talkative T-shirts , why assume that he is being a slob ? |
| 22 | It was with difficulty that Greg restrained himself from saying ‘ What ! ’ , but knowing that his colleague would assume that he was being told he was about to become an unmarried father , and spread it , he said in the same world-weary voice : ‘ That 's very interesting . ’ |
| 23 | Let me now assume that you are being considered by a prospective principal and are seeing him for the first time . |
| 24 | When a matter of serious public concern arises which leads to a great deal of media interest , someone in central office says , ’ We must show that something is being done . ’ |
| 25 | This can work hardship , since the scope of the constable 's duty is often unclear , and the person charged may very reasonably believe that he is being falsely dealt with . |
| 26 | The prior might possibly suspect that he was being teased , for he was no fool , but he would certainly not challenge or provoke a magnate of Robert Beaumont 's stature . |
| 27 | I just hope that he believes what he sees , that you do n't become too obvious and make him realize that he 's being set up . ’ |
| 28 | The Prince began to be talked about though this did not necessarily mean that he was being taken seriously as a political alternative to the regime of Louis-Philippe . |
| 29 | John could tell that it was being driven back up the hill towards Putna . |
| 30 | And the pirates were so busy discussing the problem , and what they would do with the reward if they won it , that they did n't notice that they were being observed from the window above by none other than the new Mayor and his entourage . |